Cholesterol atheromatous embolism: an increasingly recognized cause of acute renal failure.

Background: Cholesterol atheromatous embolism is a systemic disease resulting from cholesterol crystal embolization to many organs, including the kidney. Vascular surgery, vascular radiology investigations and anticoagulation have been identified as inciting factors.

Methods: Fifteen patients with extensive atherosclerosis, presenting with simultaneous occurrence of acute renal failure and peripheral ischaemic changes were diagnosed as having acute renal failure due to cholesterol atheromatous embolism.

[Hepatic injuries: diagnostic and therapeutic features].

Sixty-four consecutive patients with hepatic trauma were examined. Five (7.8%) patients were managed nonoperatively and 59 (92.